West Deptford police: local man charged in car theft, admits to dozens of car burglaries

WEST DEPTFORD TWP. -- A township man was charged recently with stealing a car early this month from a home in the Country Creek West condominium complex.

Edward B. Angelini, 40, was charged with burglary and theft. He is accused of stealing a 2003 Dodge Neon from a Foxton Court home in the complex sometime between 7:30 p.m. June 1 and 6:50 the next morning.

The Neon was found June 6 in the area of Broadway and Chestnut Street in Camden, West Deptford police chief Craig Mangano said.

Angelini was committed to Gloucester County Jail in default of $1,000 full cash bail.

During the investigation of the theft and while in police custody, he admitted to 20 to 40 vehicle burglaries in the southern section of the township, Mangano said, adding that Angelini said he'd taken loose change in those burglaries.

he burglaries allegedly occurred in the areas of the Country Creek and Country Creek West condos and Heather Ridge Apartments.

The chief said none of the incidents was reported to police, but any victims are urged to call Inv. Richard Henry, whose investigation led to Angelini's arrest, at 853-4599, extension 162.

Angelini is also a person of interest, Mangano said, in the May 4 theft of a 1995 Jeep Cherokee from Pelham Court in the Merivan Farms development.